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The Dear Old Lady of Eighty-Sixth St: A Memoir of Laura Skeel Pomeroy (1833-1911)
by O Sheel, Shaemas
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Privately Printed, 1912. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 7p octavo. 1 /100 numbered copies this copy #10. A fine copy in gray printed wraps. Pomeroy maintained a salon in her apartment on 86th st. She was an artist famous for her bust of Matthew Vasser founder of the college. Inscribed by O Sheel to Alfred A Halsted of Birmingham, AL and laid in is a 21 line t.l.s. to Halsted selling him a copy of the pamphlet. Laid in also is the original envelope in which the pamphlet was shipped. O Sheel (1886-1954) was an Irish-American poet in his own words "a very ardent communist and a staunch supporter of the Soviet Union". However because he disagreed with Soviet foreign policy many communist publications such as New Masses refused to publish him. Enclosed in a very good green morocco and green cloth slipcase. Scarce
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- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45720
- Title
- The Dear Old Lady of Eighty-Sixth St
- Author
- O Sheel, Shaemas
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- irish
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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